Paid protesters hold a banner Monday in front of Red Lobster, 120 S. Creasy Lane, on behalf of the Indiana/Kentucky/Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters.

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Justin L. Mack

Even before the doors to Red Lobster's new Lafayette location opened last summer, a large yellow banner "shaming" the eatery for using an out-of-state construction company that paid less than standard wages and benefits had been parked out front for about 16 hours a week.

Fifteen months later, the boycott campaign launched by the Indiana/Kentucky/Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters still is going strong.

The council objects to the fact that when the restaurant was built, some carpentry work was performed by a North Carolina-based contractor who did not comply with "area standards ...